The uses to which analysis of bibliographical references and citations can be put are categorized. Five sources of references and citations are identified, and their advantages and disadvantages for various purposes assessed and compared. Comparative studies of different sources are urged. (6 references) (Author)

A national meeting is the first public announcement of a large portion of current research findings in any discipline, and much of the information-exchange behavior at meetings is intrinsically exploratory. Some discussion is presented of the relationship of the information-exchange activities to characteristics of meeting participants. (23…

Trade lists are the most valuable tools for bibliographic control of sound recordings, as there are very few bibliographies with more or less official national status. (26 references) (SJ)

Among the data described are infrared indexes, mass spectral data, chromatographic data, X-ray emmission data, odor and taste threshold data, and thermodynamics data. This paper provides the chemical documentarian a complete reference source to a wide variety of analytical data. (Author/NH)

A listing of producers of audiovisual aids including the types of materials produced and the kinds of services provided by each company. (AK)

A study of Biological Abstracts" and Index to American Botanical Literature" was made to determine: (1) the degree of overlap in coverage between the two services and (2) the time lapse between the publication of an article and its appearance in one of the indexes. (8 references) (NH)

The author shows the importance of research study skills in school, and how they could be implemented. (MR)

Part I of this brief paper lists and describes a few general works that are useful to the student and/or researcher: Part II lists more specific source material and Part III covers miscellaneous channels for additional search. (26 references) (Author)

Invisible Colleges are the hierarchical elite resulting from an expectable inequality, and numbering about the square root of the total population of people in the area of research front. (Author/MF)

Reports results of survey of 116 members of Division of Instructional Development, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, concerning frequently recommended instructional development books. Tables covering respondents' job responsibilities, years of experience, and places of employment, most recommended books, and topics for new…

Newspaper editors in two Ohio communities cooperated in a counterbalanced design field experiment to test whether proportions of news items in seven content areas transmitted by wire services served to cue editors as to proportions that should be selected from each category. (FL)

Discusses the history, editors, and contributors of the first encyclopedia, which appeared in Europe in the eighteenth century. Describes two articles contained in that publication that stand out above the others. (HTH)

Explains how schools can purchase computer software. Lists are presented of (1) sources of published evaluations of selected software, (2) publications which contain names and sources of programs, and (3) magazines providing program listings appropriate for classroom use. (CT)

Outlines the major questions which should be considered by an individual purchasing commercially packaged software for use on a personal computer. (JL)

Cites review sources for NTIS (National Technical Information Service) publications and provides an annotated list of 22 reports on child abuse, Chinese language romanization, criminal justice, energy, environment, ethnic data, fire technology, genealogy, health care, local communities and federal assistance, mainstreaming, political leadership in…